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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
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Just saw the movie about him for the thousandth time, a great hero.
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SPC Kurt Hesselden
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Gary Cooper played a great role as this hero.
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
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SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth
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Have read a couple of accounts on this great hero brother SGT (Join to see) .
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LTC Stephen C.
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His home and gravesite are about two and a half hours from my home, but it’s really not easily accessible, so I’ve yet to visit. I hope to visit someday soon.

“Sergeant Alvin C. York State Historic Park is located nine miles north of Jamestown in Pall Mall, Tennessee and pays tribute to one of the most decorated soldiers of World War I. The park includes a visitor center modeled after York’s general store, his two-story house, a gristmill, the York Bible School, and various picnic facilities. The York Farm was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1977. Just outside the park are the Wolf River Methodist Church where he experienced his religious conversion and the Wolf River Cemetery which includes the burial site of Sgt. York and his wife, Miss Gracie. While these properties are not owned by the park, they are accessible as part of the driving tour or via the park hiking trail.”

https://tnstateparks.com/parks/sgt-alvin-c-york#directions


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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
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Thanks, didn't even know that it existed.
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Sgt Jim Belanus
Sgt Jim Belanus
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thanks for the pictures , going to try and make it this winter if possible
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Thanks Colonel. I'm Vol by birth, Obion County. Moved to KY next year (58). Did 20 there and 20 one year hitches in USMC. Hermitage and so much more worth seeing. Bullet holes in Capitol stair railing etc. Nashville, Lookout Ridge. Battlefields within a morning's hump from here NW TN. Grant was at Paducah, KY. Fort Pillow nearby too, bad scene there. Brothers from same cabin fought in this free-fire zone. Horse traders and whisky salesmen in KY. Pall Mall TN for the record books. One man Battalion. Heard his VAMC is top notch. Marion is closer for me.
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LTC Stephen C.
LTC Stephen C.
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Been to the Hermitage a number of times, CWO3 (Join to see). There’s more history around here (Williamson County) than I can even remember! Carnton Plantation and Carter House (cannon ball holes in the side of the house) were both part of the Battle of Franklin (Hood’s debacle). Forge Seat (home of Andrew Crockett) is still a private residence, but was where Old Hickory stopped to have swords and rifles made on his way to fight the Battle of New Orleans. All are only a few miles from my front door. There are antebellum homes all over Williamson County and many are still inhabited and quite beautiful. The home of President James K. Polk is right down the highway in Columbia! I could go on and on!
It’s been one history lesson after another since we moved here in ‘91!

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